Connecticut western news., 1887-08-03
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS.

AN6 w O 1N O1lO1e1 OllDElls> DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS. Interesting Paragraphs Condensed
 from Many Redundant Columns.
 Some of the Dominion authorities are act Ing In what Consul General Phelan of Halifax considers an unjustifable manner in connec- ton with the recent seizures of American fishermen.
 A party of Ku Klux went out to lynch three Mormons near Augusta, Ga., but the Mormons pleaded so hard that the Ku Klux did not molest them.
 The Missouri River has been cutting away the banks badly in front of Sioux City, and much valuable property has been destroyed. The Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company IS moving it's tracks, and, together with the Milwaukee road, is placing bundles of willow and stone to stop the action of the water. The loss has already reached several thousand dol lars.
 One watermelon train ran into the rear of another at Chester, s. c. An engineer and fireman were hurt. Twelve cars and countless melons were wrecked.
 A mule train loaded with silver bullion was struck by lightning twenty miles north of Rapid City, Oak. Ten mules were killed. The bolt passed through the loaded bullion and killed mare which was hitched behind. The owner of the train had just dismounted from ono of the mules to recover his whip, which he had lost He was badly stunned, but will recover.
 A fire started in . meat shop at George town, Ky, and burned several adjoinin busi- ness houses, including the office of the Times newspaper. Loss, $40,0a0.
 On the 24th of July body, supposed to be that of Hugh McCowlay, who was killed in the railway accident at St. Thomas, Ont, was re- ceived at Hastings, Ia-, by his father and duly buried. The old gentleman was prostrated with grief, but was dumbfounded when his son suddenly entered the house 8 week later. He had just arrived from Canada. The body was sent from the wreck upon the old gentle mans order. He saw the name of his son in the newspapers as one of the victims. His son, however, was not in the accident.
 Notwithstanding the dry weather, it is said Kansas will have an abundant corn crop. Andrew Mckee, aged 2S, and Howard Rush, aged 18 entered 8 sewer in Philadelphia. on wager. Mckee was overcome with foul gas and was taken out dead. Rush was found unconscious, and his recovery is doubtful.
 While party of men were engaged in pitching dollars at Bertram, Tex, bolt of Phlnney and M. B. Sinclair and probably nor tally injuring Quinn Sanford. Dr. Haywood and G. w. Phinney, who were near by, were badly shocked, but not dangerously hurt.
 -Thirty-six Mormon missionaries have been driven away from Asheville, s. C., by mob armed with axe helves and headed by Bap- tist preacher.
 A cyclone passed Anson, Tex. The dam- ages in. the town so far as learned foot up $400OO. The Baptist church was blown par tially from it's foundation. Several houses were badly damaged. Nearly all of the houses at Haskin were demolished and several people injured. So far as known no one was killed. The damage to growing crops was great.
 Fort Worth was the scene of the greatest public demonstration Texas ever had, nearly 5000 people attending the anti-prohibition rally.
 The Pope has decided that there are no grounds for any interference on the part of the Church with the Knights of Labor, or in any way to restrict them il they remain loyal to Catholicism. This decision has been trans mitted to Cardinal Gibbons, who will an nounce it publicly.
 The Henrietta National Bank at Henrietta Tex, has closed its doors.
 The new $2 silver certificates, with Han- cock vignette, are being raised and circulated as $10 certificates in Chicago by two suspic- lous-looking women-
 Two sad drowning accidents occurred at the new bridge over the Susquehanna at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
 The work of changing the tracks of the Utah and Northern Montana branch of the Union Pacific Railroad to the standard grade was accomplished in few hours.
 The liberal party in Mexico are awakening to the danger of Roman interference in poli- tics through the clerical party.
 John H. Thomas, Walter Hobbie, and Clinton Thomas, three young men of party from Hazel Green, Wis, were drowned in the Mississippi river, at Smiths Ferry, by being drawn into an eddy while bathing.
 A company with slo,oOo,Ooo capital has been organized in St. Paul to build new railroad to Lake Superior.
 Gen. Bentley takes back his announcement that no colored companies of the National Guard will be allowed to take part in the com- ing national military encampment at Chicago.
 Private liquors seized during the recent prohibition raid at Newport were ordered re- turned by the courts.
 About eighty Chinamen were brought be. fore Justice Lyon in Chicago, charged witl playing bung loo and smoking opium. The justice fined them $3 each for gambling. He explained the light sentence by saying that nc white man was allowed in the game, and therefore, minimum of damage resulted.
 Black Jack Yattaw, proprietor of tho chief bumboat at Chicago, has become fusi tive.
 A negro aHeQ elSuteen years, lOI dI tS sault on little white girl, was hanged a Kaufman, Texas.
 The S43.0 900 in Austrian gold coin ant bank bills which Filemon Zalewski, an embez zler, brought to New York from Vienna, wal turned over to the Austrian Consul.
 A drunken police officer at Chattanooga Tenn, attempted to murder 8 fellow officer with his revolver.
 -Boodler McGarigle, of Chicago, has no txoo, fror fr,o v,lo of lyr,nn ' the trial of the other accused much damaging testimony is being produced.
 The result of the inspection of the Atlant, shows that her guns can never be fired simul taneously and that she is useless as wa vessel.
 apolis. Minn., damaged the stock of the bi Boston clothing house to the extent of S1OO, 900. The stock of the Franklin bazaar wa also damaged to the same extent. Other ten ants suffered minor losses. The loss on tn building is S5a,00O.
 -Bishop-eiect O'Rcilly of the Wichita (Kan. diocese is dead. He was born in Ire land 41 years ago, and received his ecclesias tical education in Milwaukee. He was ap pointed bishop June 1 last.
 The Educational Committee of the GeoI gia House and Senate has reported in favor o the Glenn bill, which makes it crime for an teacher to teach 8 white child in colore school, or colored child in white school tn schools being kept separate by constitutions law of the State. Every white man voted fo the bill, the two colored members of the com mittee voting adversely.
 At Harper's rolling mill in Newport, Ky the roof on hch men were putting up a iron smoke-stack was broken by the falling O the stack, and ten men went down. Seyera men were dangerously hurt.
 Bob Jones, an aged colored man of Sun power county, La, was brutally murdered b his son-in-law, Lloyd Martin, while trying t prevent Martin whipping his wife, Martin who was always considered hard case, wa taken from the officers by mob of colore pc sons and lynched at Johnsonville.
 As Turnkey Frsnk Bear was placing bucket of water in the inside corridor of tn rOuntY iail at Columbia City Ind he WA